﻿TAB. XXXV. 



Draba violacea. 



Iruticosa, ramis foliosis,foliis sessilibus oblongo-ovalibus integer- 

 nmis incano-tomentosis, corymbis terminalibus sessilibus 

 foliosis, floribus violaceis, siliculis ovato-oblongis in stylo 

 longo attennatis. 



Draba violacea. De Cand. Syst. Veget v. 2. p. 354. 

 V. I, p. 171. 



Prodr. 



Draba Bonplandiana. Humb. et Kunth^ Nov. Gen. et Spec. 

 Am. V. 5. p. 78. Si/n. v. 3. p. 139. 



Hab. On A 



ssuay 



m 



Q 



IjOSO toises. HmnhoIdL On the same mountain, at a height 



of 14 — 15,000 feet; and near Cuenca. Dr. Jameson. 



** This beautiful species," says Dr. Jameson to me, in his 



Tiotes upon the specimens, «' occurs on the ridge of Assuay, at 



an elevation of 15,000 feet. It is a small shruh^ scarcely sur- 



passing a foot in height, and grows in loose soil. 



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are of a deep purple colour. It does not appear to be of 

 common occurrence, havino- met with it but twice, viz. on 

 Assuay, and on crossing the Andes on the road from Cuenca to 

 Narausal/' This would indeed be a most lovely plant to intro- 

 duce to our sfardens. 



Fig- 1. Silicula : — magnified. 



